At least four women have been confirmed dead following a stampede at Kericho Green Stadium in the wee hours of Friday morning.
The stampede occurred after thousands of people stormed the stadium early morning to gain access.
A report filed at Kericho Police Station, seen by Nairobi Leo, indicates that the four are among the people who were injured in the stampede.
According to the report, the stampede was caused by a lady who was selling tea outside the stadium after she accidentally spilt hot tea in the fire near gate "C" along the public road.
"As a result, members of the public panicked and mistook it to be teargas thrown at them. Several people who wanted to gain entry to the stadium were injured and rushed to Kericho County Referral Hospital on board station motor vehicle and county government ambulances," the report filed at Kericho Police Station read in part.
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"At the said hospital, four unknown females have been confirmed dead."
The report has further revealed that 13 other people are nursing injuries as a result of the stampede.
The 13 people injured include police officers.
The injured police officers are Cpl Erick Munene of the Presidential Escort Unit who sustained a fracture on the right leg and Chief Inspector Mercy Ngaira Mboone of GSU who sustained a cut wound on the right eye. An NYS officer also got injured on the head.
Others are Cynthia Chebet, aged 21, who sustained injuries on her back, Judy Chepngeno Rotich, aged 38, who was injured on both legs and back, Andrew Cheruiyot Ngeno, aged 42, who sustained injuries on the right leg and chest, and Cynthia Chepkurui, aged 27, who sustained injuries on the shoulder, back and left leg
Community health worker Cyrus Kebingo, aged 67, sustained injuries on the neck, and Selina Kirui, aged 56, a community health volunteer sustained injuries on the back and left leg.
"They are all in stable and receiving treatment at Kericho County Referral Hospital," the report stated.
Those who sustained soft tissue injuries are Kippkorir Ngetich, Rajab Chumo Milgo, Aoron Kipmurui Rotich, and Cynthia Chebet Langat.
The dead bodies have been taken to the morgue pending identification and postmortem.
